How terrorism has been affected by the media.
The word Terrorism is referring to an act against citizens or property of The United States.
of America. Terrorism can come in two vary distinct types: foreign and domestic. The foreign.
type of terrorism is perpetrated by a person, persons, or group who has origins outside of this.
country. Then there is also domestic terrorism which is perpetrated by someone who is a legal.
citizen of this county. But the media has an tremendous effect on the way that terrorism is and.
has been publicized. .
One of the first example of an well publicized terrorism act that I can remember was the.
Bombing of the Oklahoma City Murrah Federal Building back in 1995. This tragedy happened.
on April 19, 1995 somewhere around 9:03 a.m. in the morning. In the building there was a day.
care facility for all the employees with children, so it that time in the morning all the parents.
were dropping off there children so they could go to work An article from nearly two weeks after.
the attack stated "A stunned nation watched as the bodies of men women and children were.
pulled out from the rubble for nearly two weeks. When the smoke cleared and the exhausted.
rescue workers had picked up and left, 168 people were dead in the worst terrorist attack on U.S. .
soil." (The Bomb) This was the top story for weeks afterwards. The media really latched onto.
this story. Then they started coming up with follow up stories and they just kept going on and on.
with it. Some of the stories were about the way it affected the heartland of the country. "The.
worst attack on U.S. soil" and "Terror in the Heartland" (The Bomb) were the two examples that.
were given in the links of this article. Both of the articles were published in the next year of the attack. Some of the stories were about the victims who didn't make it and the survivors that.
did and the things that they were going through. They published some fast stories within the eight.
